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“Take a break, Myhre!” The doctor looks at me, his eyes more serious than usual. Dr Skjønberg has a fine sense of humour, but rarely smiles. Now he is sitting on the edge of my bed and tells me: “Chemotherapy. Time to take a break.” Wenche Myhre has always been around. That is why everything seemed to stop when she took on board that, one day, she would be gone. One of Norway’s best-selling artists, she is now close to her 66th birthday and can look back on her life-long career as a singer, actress and entertainer. For almost 60 years, the floodlights have been directed at the dramas of her life and sensational career, though she has been good at protecting her family life from too much public attention. Now, for the first time, she speaks about what shaped her life, from her pretend-playing on a drawing of a piano keyboard at the age of five, and until she had conquered Europe’s biggest stages, as well as, still in her mid-teens, the film and TV screens. At present, her grandchildren are her greatest joy, together with her victory over cancer and, as ever – singing, acting and loving.

‘A brilliant portrayal of Myhre… A rose in an otherwise wildly overgrown flora of Norwegian artists’ biographies. If you weren’t a fan of Wenche Myhre before, you soon will be.’
Aftenposten

‘The image of a decent and reasonable woman remains solid as a rock… Wenche Myhre is quite simply “the hardest working girl in showbiz”… two thoroughly professional women have collaborated, and the result is equally as proficient.’
VG

‘Mona Levin has done an excellent job as ghost-writer. Through her writing, Myhre appears as a figure with significant complexity behind the smiles.’
Dagsavisen